diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
index 6296a11ccb09..839d68802e42 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
@@ -733,11 +733,8 @@ static int validate_bset(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca,
 			 c, ca, b, i, NULL,
 			 bset_past_end_of_btree_node,
 			 "bset past end of btree node (offset %u len %u but written %zu)",
-			 offset, sectors, ptr_written ?: btree_sectors(c))) {
+			 offset, sectors, ptr_written ?: btree_sectors(c)))
 		i->u64s = 0;
-		ret = 0;
-		goto out;
-	}
 
 	btree_err_on(offset && !i->u64s,
 		     -BCH_ERR_btree_node_read_err_fixable,
@@ -829,7 +826,6 @@ static int validate_bset(struct bch_fs *c, struct bch_dev *ca,
 			       BSET_BIG_ENDIAN(i), write,
 			       &bn->format);
 	}
-out:
 fsck_err:
 	printbuf_exit(&buf2);
 	printbuf_exit(&buf1);